NATURAL MEDICINE FOR LOW BACK & LEG PAIN

January 18, 2010 by AMA  
Filed under Pain Management

Low back pain doesn’t happen overnight and once understood, can resolve quicker than you realize. We have to look at our lifestyle, nutrition, how we think & feel, etc. to undo the ailment. You could take a pain reliever but still the underlying imbalance will be there after the relief is gone. The key word for low back pain is DEFICIENCY.

Contributing Environment: Our work and personal life may be stressing us out to the degree that our circulation is constricted not allowing nutrients to feed our organs and toxins to be eliminated. Our dietary preferences in the U.S. are excessive while empty of nutrients, full of preservatives, pesticides, hormones and processed with additives. Our generation has to manage more stress, life events, media exposure and emotional changes thus disturbing our sleep quality. The result is we lack the necessary energy or life force to be our best. This further makes us irritable in our relationships which worsens all the scenarios described before.

As we break down our energy, immunity and support, our self image and esteem parallels our internal organs ability to weather the challenge. Specifically, our adrenals and kidneys have become depleted of energy or weak, necessitating our attention to re-establishing our essence, life force and our quality of living.

To begin, we need to construct successful strategies in the areas of nutrition, sleep, and lifestyle. This resource is designed to provide some winning solutions so you can quickly re-engage living rather than aging or dying too soon.

The source of deficiency stems from 4 main areas: 

  • LEFT KIDNEY DEFICIENCY
  • RIGHT KIDNEY DEFICIENCY
  • KIDNEY ENERGY DEFICIENCY
  • EXTREME CHRONIC FATIGUE

FOOD THERAPY: LOW BACK PAIN 

This issue may involve not only low back pain but also sciatic pain complicated by other syndromes such as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, Epstein Barr, etc. Four causes of low back and leg pain.

There are several categories based on Chinese medicine nutrition and Traditional Chinese herbs that support and correct low back pain:

LEFT KIDNEY (yin) DEFICIENCY:
Characteristics: Heat symptoms such as 1) dry throat and mouth, ringing in the ears, slight fever or heat wave, low back pain, dizziness, weakened leg strength, excessive spontaneous pirspiration, involuntary seminal emission, excessive weight loss, tongue (red) and/or shiny

Foods: millet, barley, tofu, string bean, black bean, black soy bean, mung bean, mung bean sprouts, kidney bean, azuki bean, and most other beans, kuzu root, watermelon and most others, blackberry, mulberry, blueberry, huckleberry, water chestnut, wheat germ, potato, seaweeds, spirulina, chlorella, black sesame seed, sardine, crab, clam, eggs, pork, cheese
Herbs: marshmallow root, rehmannia root, Asparagus root, aloe vera gel, colloidal silver (If the constitution is cold and/or most or low back & sciatic is cold and/or moist then choose from the groups below)

RIGHT KIDNEY (yang) DEFICIENCY:
Characteristics: cold symptoms in the body such as cold extremities, weakened knees, weakened lower back, avoidance of cold environments, pale skin, depression, lethargic thinking, deficient libido, intermittant menstruation and clear vaginal fluid

Foods: walnuts, black beans, onion family (onion, garlic, chives, scallions, leeks), quinoa, chicken, lamb, trout, salmon
Spices: cloves, fenugreek, fennel seeds, dried ginger
Avoid cooling foods, fruit, raw foods, excessive salt, use seaweed cautiously.

KIDNEY ENERGY (qi) DEFICIENCY:
Characteristics: low energy, low back pain, weak knees, pale tongue, minor cold signs, frequent urination, incontinence, inability to urinate, dribbling, involuntary seminal emission, other seminal/urinary problems.

Foods: wheat berry, sweet rice, parsley
Herbs: rose hips, oyster shell, clam shell, schizandra berry, raspberry and blackberry leaves, gravel root

EXTREME CHRONIC FATIGUE (Jing Deficiency):
Characteristics: dizziness, ringing in ears, loose teeth, loss of head hair, painful knees and lower back

Food: micro-algae (chlorella, spirulina, wild blue-green), fish, liver, kidney, brain, bone and its marrow, human placenta, cereal grasses, wheat grass,solomon seal, almonds, ghee (clarified butter), goat’s milk, nettle leaves, royal jelly, bee pollen, Doddler seeds, millet, wheat, black sesame seeds, soybeans, chestnuts, mulberries, raspberries, strawberries, seitan, walnuts
Herbs: deer antler, deer horn velvet, Deer Placenta, Lycium fruit, Polygonum multiflorum root, Eucommia bark, Dendrobium stem, Cinnamon bark, white ginseng, semen cuscutae, astragali seed (complanati), cordyceps, astragalus, codonopsis, reishi, morinda, eleuthero root, paeonia , gambir, gecko, cibot rhizome, tianshan snow lotus, tibet carthami

For final decision on which foods to choose for your condition, please consult a trained master herbalist with in-depth knowledge of Traditional Chinese herbs and food therapy, American herbology and other nutritional systems.

Oral Pain Management

November 28, 2009 by AMA  
Filed under Pain Management

Pain Management Orthodontist in Tampa

Invisalign Dental Care Orthodontist and Pain Management, Abdoney Ortho, Tampa

children dentist – The Invisalign system can help with pain management issues by using a series of clear, removable aligners that orthodontists and dentists use as an alternative to traditional metal dental braces.These braces are virtually invisible to the eye while helping realign your teeth to their proper position without the unsightly alternative of traditional metal braces that are at times painful and these aligners are removable for eating, cleaning, flossing and brushing.As of the beginning of 2009, more than a million patients have undergone treetment using Invisalign.
Dental care Invisalign braces are replaced every two weeks or so as your treatments. Each Insvisalign brace is individually created to an exact calculation for gradual shifting of your teeths alignment. With your guidance and the help of your orthodontist, your teeth will align to your liking with a custom-made Invisalign system.

Invisalign is versatile, helping you correct a broad range of dental and orthodontic issues. There are close to 1,000,000 smiles to prove it. But having a confident smile isn’t the only benefit of correcting your dental issues with your custom made Invisalign aligners. Your health can be positively impacted as well. An expert Invisalign dentist can correct your teeths alignment to a perfect fit, one that will function better and be worth smilling about.

Problem teeth and their issues:

Crowded Teeth Health Pain Management: This can happen when there is simply a lack of room within your jaw for all of your teeth to fit normally. Dealing with overcrowded teeth may not be on your top priority due to the fact you’ve grown up with this issue. However you may be surprised to learn that this can lead to tooth decay and promote worse tooth growth that can lead to other health issues.
Widely spaced teeth: This occurs with abnormal continued growth of the jaw bone. When you have missing teeth, this problem may also be caused by the other teeth shifting due to extra space. By having spaceing issues with your teeth, this can cause some periodontal diseases.

Overbite Care Health Pain Management: What people commonly refer to as an “overbite” is known to dental professionals as “overjet.This will happen due to the upper teeth over biting the lower teeth. This is typically caused by genetics, bad oral habits, or over development of the jaw bone supporting the teeth. This may result in gum problems and irritation, and also wear on the lower teeth that can cause painful jaw and joint problems.

Underbite Health Pain Management: This occurs when the lower teeth extend past the upper teeth. It will normally be caused by undergrowth of your upper jaw, overgrowth of the lower jaw, or both. Because of upper missing teeth, it can also happen. This problem can slow down the normal function of your front teeth or molars which can lead to tooth wear. By doing so, it can cause painful jaw and joint issues.

Cross Bite Health Pain Management: This occurs when the upper and lower jaws are both misaligned. It causes one or more upper teeth to bite on the inside of the lower teeth, and can happen on both the front and/or the sides of the mouth. This issue can cause wear of the teeth, gum disease, and bone loss.

An Invisalign orthodontic dentist can work with you to create a custom designed program that helps treat your specific dental care issues. Your treatment program will consist of a full set of aligners, made for you, and only you. While it’s important that you visit an experienced Invisalign doctor to see how well Invisalign fits your specific needs, you can get a head-start now by contacting our dentist cost tampa .

And of course, there are other considerations when making the decision to straighten your teeth. You may want to think about how Invisalign can fit into your life by providing a clear, virtually invisible option to having the smile you want. For more dental care offices, information.

Invisalign Treatment is designed, manufactured, and marketed by a Santa Clara based medical facility device company named “Align” Technology, Inc. Align says that over 35,790 orthonontist are trained to provide Invisalign help in the U.S., of which there are 48,131 orthodontists world wide and growing. As of January 2008, Align Technology has over 1,300 employees worldwide, and has created more than 32 million aligners.